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Designer Handbags OR Babies?

Alex Yeates wrote 10 hours ago: Another opinionated topic that will be touched upon by me and my views. As a schoolboy who is studyi … more →

Tags: Thoughts, Funny, Interesting, WTF

Tuesday November 3

canmore wrote 3 weeks ago: The first hour of Tuesday was spent in homerooms.  9E lost their social class for today. Homeroom Th … more →

Tags: Persian Wars, marathon, Thermopylae, Phillip II, solvents

Reproductive Technology = Designer Babies?

katrinasentgeorge wrote 4 months ago: This week in my Gender and Technology class we read and discussed reproductive technology. I am very … more →

Tags: WS 320 Gender and Technology, Moral Issues, Reproductive Technology

Introduction

hess09ge wrote 4 months ago: Designer babies are babies that have been genetically modified. Their parents choose their eye colou … more →

IVF technology and designer babies

createtosave wrote 5 months ago: In order to produce an other child with desired traits just to save Charlie, the Whitaker family wil … more →

Tags: Case Study 6: Evaluation, Ethical Questions, Solutions, IVF, embryo selection

The Confused Idea of 'Eugenics'3 comments

Brad Taylor wrote 6 months ago: Whenever someone uses the word ‘eugenics’ to refer to anything other than the political movement, po … more →

Tags: Political Theory, Eugenics, Biopolitics, Bioethics, transhumanism

Troythulu's Nu'z 1.15.37

Troythulu wrote 6 months ago: [1] The Need to Regulate ‘Designer Babies’; More oversight is needed to prevent misuse o … more →

Tags: news items, Science, News, technology, Tech, astronomy, Astrophysics, Fossils, Links

Eugenics, Planned Parenthood, Population Control, and Designer Babies--Videos 45 comments

Raymond wrote 7 months ago:      Designer Baby    “a baby whose genetic makeup has been artificially selected by genetic en … more →

Tags: babies, Blogroll, Books, Health Care, Law, Life, Links, Music, People

Designer babies are good, but don't come with a satisfaction guarantee1 comment

Joshua wrote 7 months ago: There’s this story going around concerning designer babies, supposedly trying to show how horr … more →

Tags: Genetic modification, Human Enhancement Ethics, preimplantation genetic diagnosis

Debate Over Genetic Screening of Embryos as New Tests Emerge

goralgandhi wrote 8 months ago: As more families opt for pre-implantation genetic diagnosis to screen embryos for inherited diseases … more →

Tags: IVF, infertility, genetic diseases, breast cancer, Genetic testing, embryo selection, "PGD", preimplantation genetic diagnosis, Preimplantation embryos

Fear over designer babies leaves children suffering

mjr256 wrote 8 months ago: The other day I mentioned Jerry Coyne’s boycott of New Scientist Magazine because of their des … more →

Tags: Medicine, whats the harm, Barack Obama, genes, Cloning, New Scientist, genetic research

Is Eugenics Inevitable?1 comment

Brad Taylor wrote 8 months ago: This post from Daniel MacArthur at Genetic Future raises some interesting questions: The argument is … more →

Tags: Political Theory, Politics, Bigotry, Liberalism, libertarian, Eugenics, Biopolitics, transhumanism

Designer Babies and Eugenics

Brad Taylor wrote 8 months ago: From Human Enhancement and Biopolitics: With all the cries that selecting one’s babies will lead to … more →

Tags: Political Theory, libertarian, Eugenics, Biopolitics, Bioethics, transhumanism

Now You Can Choose What Your Baby Will Look Like?!9 comments

brandistrand wrote 8 months ago: I’m sorry, but this is ridiculous! It’s not right to choose what color eyes your child w … more →

Tags: Gripes, in vitro fertilization, Fertility Institutes of Los Angeles, Dr. Jeff Steinberg

Fertility clinic backs down from allowing cosmetic 'design' of babies4 comments

Joshua wrote 8 months ago: The Fertility Institutes LA, an American IVF clinic that recently announced that it would be offerin … more →

Tags: General Bioethics

Designer Baby Plan Put On Hold At LA Fertility Clinic

Baby Lifestyles wrote 8 months ago: For the latest news on the case of Alfie Patten, Tyler Barker, Chantelle Steadman and baby Maisie, v … more →

Tags: News & Events, Medical, designer baby, "PGD", Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, fertlitiy clinic, custom made baby, Dr. Jeff Steinberg, The Fertility Institutes

First Designer Child in a Year?

York RN wrote 8 months ago: Fertility specialist, Dr. Jeff Steinberg recently told the BBC news that he predicts the first trait … more →

Tags: In The News, nursing students, genetic selection, fertility

A Brave New World of Babies

marksayers wrote 8 months ago:  ”A LOS Angeles fertility clinic is offering to design a baby to the parents’ exact requ … more →

Tags: Culture

Designer Children: Give Me a Small Blonde with a Side of Blue Eyes15 comments

Charles W. Bryant wrote 8 months ago: MSNBC reported yesterday that a fertility clinic in Los Angeles (shocker) is now allowing prospectiv … more →

Tags: Stuff You Should Know, Genetics, fertility, ethics


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